Paula Radcliffe gets kids moving for Global Running Day Wednesday

Olympic marathoner and Monaco resident Paula Radcliffe has barely had time to recover from the Riviera Water Bike Challenge on Sunday before heading over to Stade Louis II on Wednesday, June 7, for Global Running Day.

“I am organising a Monaco schools run in the morning at Stade Louis II,” Ms Radcliffe told Monaco Life, “with almost 300 kids from Saint Charles, la Condamine, des Révoires, Fontvieille and the International School of Monaco – two CP classes, four CE2 and five CM1. Together we will complete at least two marathons and probably 100 kilometres.”

In addition to the morning’s event, the IAAF is putting on an adult run at 12:30 pm, also at the stadium, and at 3 pm, with the Ecole d’Athletisme, there will be a continuous relay with the kids to see how far they can go. Anyone can join these two runs.

“People pledge globally how far they will run and the goal is to see how many kilometres they can run in 24 hours,” the world record holder for the women’s marathon explained. “Part of Global Running Day includes the Million Kid Run, which aims to get a million children around the world to have fun running.”

Last year, nearly 700,000 kids pledged to run nearly 15 million kilometres.

Global Running Day has taken place on the first Wednesday in June since 2009. This year’s edition will involve 170 countries and 829,129 people.

UPDATE 6 pm: Nadal advances to Sunday's final after an easy win over David Goffin, 6-3, 6-1, this afternoon. Looking for his tenth Monte Carlo Rolex Masters title, Nadal will face fellow countryman Albert Ramos-Viñolas, who beat France's Louis Poulle 6-3, 5-7, 7-1.
10 am: AS Monaco forward Radamel Falcao, who has been relishing a Champions League victory against Dotmund earlier this week, was seen enjoying the Rolex Masters quarter-finals with his wife Lorelei Taron on Friday, as Nadal and Djokovic took to the court.
While the “King of Clay” Nadal advances to Saturday’s semi-finals after beating Argentinean Diego Schwartzman 6-4, 6-4, world number two Djokovic lost to Belgium's David Goffin 6-2, 3-6, 7-5.
For Djokovic, a Monaco resident who opened a vegan restaurant Eqvita last August, this was his only second match following months of dealing with an elbow injury.
Meanwhile Goffin, who had yet to beat a top-three player, will meet Nadal Saturday at 3:30 pm on Court Rainier III.
In other semi-final play Saturday, the match between France’s Lucas Pouille and Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas, who for the first time reaches an ATP World Tour Masters 1000, starts at 1:30 pm. (Feature photo: Facebook Monte Carlo Rolex Masters)
Article first published April 22, 2017.

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The Monegasque Athletics Federation has announced the cancellation of this year’s Riviera Classic event. The Federation said the Prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes, for security reasons, including the fight against illegal immigration, had taken the decision. The race was due to be held on March 12.
The Federation said it regretted the move and has apologised to all those who had registered for the event, including the French and Italian organisations that have strongly supported the Classic, which was first held in 2011.
Other elements of Monaco Run, the Monte-Carlo 10 km, the Herculis Relay and the 6th Pink Ribbon Monaco Walk, will go ahead as planned, the Federation said.
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